Type delete partition override Expanding an active Windows 10 system partition Without the recovery partition in the way, you are free to expand the system partition using Disk Management.

Let's take a quick look at a step by step guide detailing how to partition an SSD in Windows using the built in Disk Management tool.

This will bring up the the option to 'Create and format hard disk partitions'. Click that before locating the drives you wish to combine in the lower half of the newly opened window.

You can partition a hard drive in Windows 10 to create dedicated portions of the hard drive that your computer will recognize separately.

Windows can and will crash — and after it does it may not boot normally. To be prepared for worst-case scenarios, learn how to create a bootable recovery partition on your system drive.

Want to test Windows 10 on your PC? Create a hard drive partition for a worry-free install.

If you want to change or increase the Windows Recovery Environment or WinRE partition size in Windows 11/10, see this post for the instructions.